French Singles: BIRTHDAYS
JACK CRAWFORD Born John Herbert Crawford in Albury in 1908. In the 1933 Wimbledon final, he defeated Elsworth Vines after five sets of what many say was the most entertaining tennis title match of all time. He also won the French singles championship in 1933 and the Australian title in 1931-33 and '35. He died in 1991.WILLIAM SHATNER Born in Montreal in 1931, he made his Broadway stage debut in 1956. He had small parts in Hollywood films before winning the role of Captain...
French Singles: Family beach at the desert's edge,
Travel
Winter Sun. Club Med has shaken off its swinging singles image in Israel, as Winifred Blackmore discovered When Eilat was first mooted as our holiday destination, I was sceptical. Eilat? I could not even pronounce it, let alone pinpoint it on the map. And Club Med? The name conjured up visions of swinging - French - singles purchasing exotic cocktails with beads. Surely not the place for your basic boring English family with two children?However, Club Med has matured over the years -...
French Singles: Tennis: Chris recrowns herself queen of France
Chris Lloyd won her seventh French singles title in Paris yesterday, recovering from an attack of nerves and a dreadful first set to defeat Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.It was the 70th match in their enduring rivalry and one of the most fascinating, chiefly for the extraordinary fluctuation in Lloyd's form.To begin with, when the wind was at its height, and the sky grey and heavy, she could hardly keep two consecutive shots in court. By the end, when the sun shone and...
French Singles: Tennis Magazine Says Chang, Sanchez Most Improved
TRUMBULL, Conn. (AP) - Michael Chang and Arantxa Sanchez, who won the singles titles at the 1989 French Open, were picked Thursday as the most improved tennis professionals this year by Tennis magazine.Chang, a 17-year-old from Placentia, Calif., became the first American to win the French singles title since 1955. He improved from 30th to fifth....
French Singles: The top 10 greatest male and female tennis players
The top 10 male and female tennis players of the century as selected by a panel of experts for The Associated Press: ROD LAVER: The "Rocket" is the only man to win the Grand Slam of tennis twice - in 1962 as an amateur, and in 1969 as a pro. Barred from majors 1963-1967 because he had turned pro. Major titles (20): Australian singles, 1960, '62, '69; French singles, 1962, '69; Wimbledon singles, 1961, '62,...